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T MGMT 314 Interpersonal Skills (5) SSc/A&H
Emphasizes interpersonal dynamics in the workplace and improving interpersonal skills. Topics include major dimensions of interpersonal communication, interpersonal decision making and strategic analysis of interpersonal dynamics in organizations. Covers making better choices in interpersonal communication, developing positive working relationships in organizations, and improving quality of workplace outcomes.
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T MGMT 418 Legal Issues for Business (3-5, max. 10) SSc
Explores the impact of the changing legal environment on managerial decision making and issues that business managers confront to establish appropriate managerial strategies to function effectively and develop compliance guidelines. Utilizes specific tools to access legal resources for proactively recognizing, framing, and analyzing opportunities and problems and developing situations. Prerequisite: either T CORE 101, TWRT 112, or ENGL 131.
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T MGMT 420 Managing Corporate Responsibility (5)
Focuses on strategic and dynamic issues that are key to building high-performing organizations with a sense of ethics, civic engagement and social responsibility. Provides a theoretical and practical understanding of what role organizations should play in society.
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T MGMT 430 Human Resources Management (5)
Focuses on managing human resources in organizations. Covers how to attract, develop and support an effective workforce. Explores topics such as planning, forecasting, job analysis, training, performance appraisal, wage and salary administration, compensation, legal requirements, and disciplinary functions. Prerequisite: a minimum grade of 1.7 in T BUS 300.
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T MGMT 433 Building a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Mindset in the Workplace (5) SSc, DIV
Focuses on cultivating awareness of others' perspectives based upon the intersection of diverse social identities, including race, color, sex, gender identity, abilities, age, social class and ethnicity. Students will examine how issues of privilege and bias influence opportunity and effectiveness in organizations and develop essential skills for navigating diverse settings and fostering inclusion.
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T MGMT 452 The Dynamics of Leadership (5) SSc
Examines leadership as a process by focusing on a repertoire of practical and theoretical leadership principles. Examines leaders and their complex roles in managing organizational issues. Provides opportunity to learn and apply leadership skills.
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T MGMT 455 Managing Work Teams (5) SSc
Provides the conceptual and practical training needed to design effective teams, analyze team dynamics and engage in actions that enhance team performance.
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T MGMT 457 Negotiation and Conflict Management (5) SSc
The art and science of reaching agreements in competitive and collaborative situations. Emphasizes skill development in negotiation planning, distributive and integrative bargaining, dispute resolution and negotiation strategy.
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T MGMT 465 Board Governance I (2) SSc
Introduces nonprofit board membership and governance. Students serve as apprentices with nonprofit organizations and act as nonvoting board members. Provides experiences in gathering and assessing information and materials related to nonprofit governance practices. Prerequisite: either T CORE 101, TWRT 112, or ENGL 131. Offered: W.
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T MGMT 466 Board Governance II (5) SSc
Examines theories of nonprofit governance related to planning, organization design, leadership, financial management, and culture that are applicable to both nonprofits and businesses. Students apply this knowledge to their continuing apprenticeship experience. Builds skills in teamwork, communication, meeting management, assessment, analysis, and providing feedback. Prerequisite: T MGMT 465. Offered: Sp.
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T MGMT 474 Entrepreneurship: Idea Development (5)
Explores techniques used to develop business opportunities. Examines the heart of entrepreneurship: the idea. Focuses on idea development, emphasizing the strategic feasibility of the business idea. Builds critical thinking skills and encourages professional communication skills via student projects and class activities. Prerequisite: minimum grade of 1.7 in T BUS 300; minimum grade of 1.7 in T BUS 320.
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T MGMT 475 Organizational Change (5)
Explores the dynamics of change as a process in organizations. Examines how individuals experience and respond to change as well as how leaders initiate, implement, and manage change.
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T MGMT 478 International Business (5)
Introduces the main issues concerning international economic relations. Covers topics in the political, economic, and cultural analysis of the global environment and examines the managerial responses appropriate for international business. Prerequisite: T BUS 300; T BUS 320.
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T MGMT 480 International Management (5)
Introduces the main issues concerning international management. Covers topics related to how managers pursue the global objectives of their organizations, including international strategy, modes of market entry, organization, staffing, and other cross-cultural management issues. Prerequisite: T BUS 300.
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T MGMT 490 Special Topics in Management (5, max. 15)
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T MGMT 512 Stakeholder Inclusion, Ethics, and Social Responsibility (4)
Focuses on the ethical and moral challenges that are an everyday part of managerial decision-making. Addresses how global variance in the standards firms adopt significantly influence firms' financial and social performance. Establishes the centrality of stakeholder inclusion, ethics, and social responsibility in standard business practice.
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T MGMT 516 Management Communication (4)
Explores the functions, elements, and types of communication that are important in business and organizational settings. Promotes understanding of important communication dynamics and enhances the ability to communicate strategically and professionally in organizations.
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T MGMT 518 Business Law (4)
Examines legal issues in a business context. Considers law as a strategic tool to help achieve core business objectives, create value, and manage risk. Addresses legal aspects of business management, agreements and relationships including: contract, torts, product liability, employment, intellectual property, agency and business organizations.
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T MGMT 557 Negotiations (4)
Focuses on negotiation as an essential tool for managers to make deals and resolve disputes. Key topics include negotiation planning and strategy, distributive and integrative bargaining, and communication and power. Emphasis is placed on research-based knowledge and skill acquisition through participation in role-plays.
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T MGMT 574 New Business Ventures (4)
Examines the legal, financial, strategic, and managerial challenges of creating and operating new businesses. Topics include building an entrepreneurial firm, developing start-up strategy, creating business plans, obtaining venture financing, and managing a growing company.
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T MGMT 580 Becoming a Leader, Part I (2)
Focuses on defining leadership in a student's own terms and refreshing the student's career path based on what each student finds uniquely purposeful, meaningful, and motivating. Students will identify their strengths, core values, and what matters to them most in living an integrated life that reflects their professional, personal, family, and community priorities. Credit/no-credit only.
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T MGMT 581 Becoming a Leader, Part II (2)
Develops student-centered skills to navigate individual careers. Students build on the work completed in T MGMT 580 with the support of an executive coach. Prerequisite: T MGMT 580. Credit/no-credit only.
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